Help needed identifying Sullivan Canyon single track

Hi,
I usually ride the casual westridge trail (Nike site and then down to the canyon with all the white bricks "carpets"). I went there last week, kept riding on dirt mulholland, past a yellow gate, and then I found a really cool singletrack. I didn't have time to explore it, and I'm guessing its well known. According to the map, it just ends at some point. Can someone tell me more about this trail?
In the pic you can see my starting point, that's exactly where this single track starts to head down.
Thanks!

The trail you're asking about is called the "Dead End Trail". You rode on Farmers Trail, and stopped a very short distance before the beginning of the Widow Maker. The 7th photo in my post above shows the trails.

Farmers is easy singletrack that lasts a couple minutes... Good for the view and something leisure, but not challenging in any way. It does lead to upper Bent Arrow, which is a lot more exciting and interesting. The other option is the Widow Maker, which I did only once and will never do again (according to the wife).

I don't know about jdrop or first crack, but Jedi is nothing compared to the widow maker in danger or steepness. The widowmaker is over in a minute, but it's a really steep trail with some deep chasms you might not be able to climb out of if you fall in one.

Yeah I ride Jedi regularly, but I won't try the widowmaker again. It's just a bit past my comfort zone. If you like Jedi, you should try the Westridge singletracks. Most of it is like a tall wooden roller coaster, and there are lots of areas for some good jumps. It's a lot steeper than Jedi, but isn't as loose or rough.

Good luck with Widowmaker - harder with a much higher penalty for failure than j-drop & the other snoozers you're riding. The Hectic trails are pretty sweet right now. Super fast.
And Dusty's right about the backbone plowing really helping that trail - I rode it a couple of months back and it was disappearing. Now that you can actually see trail its really fun again.

sorry gentlemen, but I strongly disagree with the difficulty of widowmaker (unless I of course just rode the wrong trail, we will see about that)

Make no mistake its not an easy trail, and i had more grip because of the wetter conditions than the normal dry stuff.

But this is not a difficult trail, I rode it without the need to hop off bike to scout beforehand (usually the telltale sign of a difficult trail), and with plenty of braking power left, a fortune actually. Next time I will put some juice on it.

Jdrop is way more technical, and first crack is steeper and more technical, both IMO are more difficult than widowmaker. The top half of widow maker doesnt even count its like any old trail, the bottom half is like 20 seconds long?

As for consequences of a wipe, squirrl cage actually has a lot more consequences than jdrop, widowmaker or first crack if you gunning for time and drop off the main ledge to the right, thats a nice 20 foot + free fall.

Will post gopro video later tonight (I got most of the trail if not all, definitely the steepest part the bottom half, my new gopro 3 is not so good, it keeps randomly keeps turning off, calling them now for support, I can only film 2 to 60 second blocks randomly)

I really don't want to start an argument though, if widowmaker for you guys is a more difficult trail, I accept that without question, each to their own.

Would anyone mind pm'ing a link to a gps file please that I could use as a course? Maybe Upper Hectic and/or Widowmaker included in the route? I'm going to try and get out for a ride Thursday morning. Thank you!

Nice work on Widowmaker jasonjm. You should hit up Hectic next - esp LOWER hectic. Fast & fun, drops 1000ft in 3/4 of a mile.
Here are the Strava tracks - Widowmaker
Hectic is split into Upper Hectic which you pick up on the ridge and Lower Hectic which is where it crosses Mulholland and heads down into Cab Canyon before hitting Reseda Blvd at the bottom.

Thanks for sharing the vid... You make the widowmaker look easy. When things get that steep and loose I really struggle. My bike struggles too. All my friends think I'm extreme for doing the riding I do, but you guys make me look like an old granny.